Man asleep at wheel arrested for drunken driving; Men arrested in connection to Black Friday scam

TROY — A man who had fallen asleep at the wheel in the middle of an intersection was arrested Saturday for drunken driving.

After receiving a report that the man had fallen asleep in the intersection of Golfview and Lakeview with his vehicle stopped but idling, police came to the scene.

They found the driver asleep with his foot on the brake. An officer put the car in park and removed the keys. The driver eventually woke up and was extremely confused, police said. He has had one prior drinking and driving arrest.

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Vehicle vandalized while in driveway

TROY — A man’s GMC Envoy was vandalized Sunday by an unknown person while it was parked in the driveway, police say. The suspect smashed out the driver’s side rear passenger window while the vehicle was parked at his residence on the 1000 block of Langford. The blow damaged the window frame, according to reports.

4 arrested in connection to Black Friday shoplifting, embezzlement

TROY — Authorities arrested four men in connection with a Black Friday shoplifting and embezzlement case, say police. Investigations by police at a Macy’s at 2750 W. Big Beaver Road found that one of the men — a 28-year-old Detroit resident — was a sales associate at the retailer who only charged one of each of his three friends’ several articles of clothing at the register. In total, the four attempted to steal $1,127.99 in retail, said authorities. Three of the men were charged with retail fraud and the sales associate was charged with embezzlement at the scene, say police.